Wintour, the artistic director at the magazine publisher, has pushed out Margaret Russell, the editor of Architectural Digest.

The story, first reported by nypost.com, was confirmed by the company on Thursday.

Amy Astley, a longtime protégé of Wintour, was tapped to succeed Russell. As the founding editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue, Astley had long been rumored to be in line to move to a larger title.

Given Astley’s background in fashion, the choice raised a few eyebrows — even though Astley had spent several years at the now-defunct House & Garden before her arrival at Teen Vogue.

Russell became the editor-in-chief of AD in September 2010, when she jumped from Elle Decor to take over from the legendary Paige Rense. She is going to be a consultant, sources said.

Circulation at AD held steady at just over 818,000 last year. Ad pages were up a surprising 27 percent, to 568 pages, in the first four months of 2016, according to MediaRadar.

Russell even landed the exclusive first look inside the Coral Gables, Fla., mansion of Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez in the June issue — but it was not enough to spare her job.

From January to April, AD’s traffic across all platforms dropped from 1.6 million to 1.2 million unique visitors, according to comScore, at a time when there is enormous internal pressure to boost traffic, sources said.

That is something Astley did at Teen Vogue, which saw a 50 percent hike in digital traffic, compared with a year ago.

At Teen Vogue, the top editorial position will be split among three: Elaine Welteroth, the health and beauty editor, who will be elevated to editor; Phillip Picardi, the digital director; and Marie Suter, who will continue as creative director.

Since being named artistic director three years ago, Wintour has made her presence felt throughout the company — placing her people in charge at many of the company’s magazines, from Self to Condé Nast Traveler.